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Board Deck Builder

Drafts structured board and investor update decks with narrative, metrics and clear asks.

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Repository
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Stars
29,149
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

Once installed, the agent structures board meeting, investor update, QBR or fundraising decks in a standard order: executive summary, key metrics, financials, revenue, product, growth, engineering, people, risk, strategic outlook and appendix. It applies a story-driven framework, explains how to deliver bad news honestly, and flags common deck mistakes. It is told never to invent numbers and to use clear placeholders for missing metrics.

Great for

  • Founders or executives preparing a quarterly board pack or investor update
  • Startup teams drafting a fundraising narrative for a seed or Series A stage company
  • Finance or operations staff who need a consistent deck layout and metric table format

Skip it if

  • Replacing real financial data: the skill provides structure and wording, not figures, so unverified numbers in the output must be checked by the company before the board sees them
  • Legal, audit or regulatory investor reporting: the skill does not address compliance requirements, which need professional review

Try asking

  • “Build a quarterly board deck, we're Series A, here are our ARR, burn and headcount numbers.”
  • “Draft a fundraising board deck for a seed-stage company with placeholders where data is missing.”
  • “Help me deliver bad news to the board about a missed Q3 ARR target using the 5-step framework.”
  • “Turn my list of metrics into a board metrics table with targets and status.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Board Deck BuilderInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    board-deck-builder.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip board-deck-builder.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip board-deck-builder.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Provide real metrics, targets and last-period figures up front so the agent fills the template rather than leaving placeholders.
  • Ask the agent to check that every variance has a one-sentence cause and every ask names a specific person or action.
  • Review all generated numbers and forecasts yourself before presenting to the board or investors.

What's inside

  • references/deck-frameworks.md
  • SKILL.md
  • templates/board-deck-template.md

Redistributed unmodified from alirezarezvani/claude-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.